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orchidaceous

orchidaceous adjective: of or pertaining to orchids.

Adjective

orchidaceous (comparative more orchidaceous, superlative most orchidaceous)

  1. Of or pertaining to orchids.
    • In keeping with the orchidaceous theme of the wedding, the decorator draped the walls with lavenders and pinks.
  2. Exotic in a rare, mysterious, alluring, or sensual way.
    • These stories were variously received. […] J. D. found them “charged with Corvonian idiosyncrasy, a jumble-jargon composed of modern slang, old English, Latin, Italian and Greek,” adding: “The Corvo vocabulary is orchidaceous.”1923 September, Shane Leslie, “Frederick Baron Corvo”, in J[ohn] C[ollings] Squire, editor, The London Mercury, volume VIII, number 47, London: The London Mercury Ltd, →OCLC, page 510

orchidaceous meaning in Bengali

orchidaceous in Bengali

অর্কিড সংক্রান্ত, সেই সম্পর্কিত, বিরল, রহস্যময়, চিত্তাকর্ষক, অথবা কামুক পদ্ধতিতে অদ্ভুত

Synonyms of orchidaceous

Forms of orchidaceous

comparativemore orchidaceous
superlativemost orchidaceous

Origin of orchidaceous

From Orchidaceae; equivalent to orchid + -aceous.

Words that rhyme with orchidaceous

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Questions about orchidaceous

What does orchidaceous mean?
Orchidaceous means of or pertaining to orchids.
What is orchidaceous in Bengali?
Orchidaceous in Bengali is অর্কিড সংক্রান্ত, সেই সম্পর্কিত, বিরল. See Orchidaceous meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is orchidaceous?
Orchidaceous is an adjective.

Words near orchidaceous in the dictionary

  1. orchid bee
  2. orchid bees
  3. Orchid Island
  4. orchid tree
  5. orchid trees
  6. orchidaceous
  7. orchidalgia
  8. orchidaria
  9. orchidarium
  10. orchidariums
  11. orchidea

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orchidaceous (page history and authors); orchidaceous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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